Crazy idea but what if ......

[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by hat_man

So, my over active imagination gets to exercise on the 60 minute boring ride home every day and this crazy idea started bouncing around in all that empty space.

I am restoring a 1977 Triumph TR7 and have been contemplating engine swaps. I'm not looking for an extreme FE car but I want something different. The GM LS swap has been done to death. So, on with the crazy idea.

Would it even be possible to take a mid engine RWD set up and move the engine to the front and leave the transmission in the rear? Ending up with something like the newer Corvette set up with the transmission connected to the engine via a torque tube.

In my warped pipe dream I was seeing the V4 from an Alfa Romeo 4C in the front of my little Triumph and the mated transmission in the rear.

Physically, I'm sure it wouldn't fit, but would it even be possible? Is there anything other than money that stops someone from doing this? If anyone could figure it out, I figured it would be the brain trust here at Ecomodder. Just something to maybe take our minds away from the troubles of the world. Even if only for a few minutes.

prius engine

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Tahoe_Hybrid

prius engine

Assmuming the HSD would also be fitted. Would be quite interesting to try it in a Puma, a Brazilian Volkswagen-based sports car, even though some fabrication would be required to adapt the Prius powertrain.

When it comes to the Triumph TR7 the OP is willing to repower, it might be still worth to take a look at some Lexus hybrids with the front-engine RWD layout too.

[wax87]

Like a Chrysler Prowler?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by wax87

Like a Chrysler Prowler?

That's another good one, yet it was pointed out as "underpowered". What else would its transaxle handle instead of the stock V6?